Assessment

Assessment is something that needs to be done in our schools, but I think that the way it is done needs to be changed. Not all children learn the same way. Likewise, not all children come from the same kind of family environments. As a result, children are different emotionally. Assessments should look at the whole child instead of just certain parts.

In China, assessments are done differently than they are done her in the United States. China assessments focus on the whole child, including academic growth, student learning styles, emotional health, values, fine arts, and confidence. In the United States, accountability assessments focus on the academic areas of reading, mathematics, writing, and science. China uses both formative and summative assessment. The US focuses mainly on summative. China uses an approach in which the child evaluates self, the teacher evaluates the child, and the teacher evaluates self.

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